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Measures of Guangzhou Municipality for the Conferment of Guangzhou Friendship Awards to Foreign Experts

Measures of Guangzhou Municipality for the Conferment
of Guangzhou Friendship Awards to Foreign Experts

2005-12-09 11:29 Source:

Article 1

These Measures are formulated in accordance with Guangzhou’s actual conditions, pursuant to the Measures for the Conferment of Awards to Foreign Experts (WZF[1990] No.188) and the Provisional Regulations on the Establishment of Friendship Awards (WZF[1991] No.122) issued by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of the People Republic of China, and with a view to commending those foreign experts who have made prominent contributions to Guangzhou’s economic and social development and encouraging international exchange of professionals.

Article 2

These Measures are to be initiated and implemented by the Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of Guangzhou Municipality.

Article 3

The term “Foreign experts” in these Measures refers to:

1) foreign specialists who, for the purpose of fulfilling agreements or protocols between governments or international organizations or Sino-Foreign contracts for foreign trade, come to Guangzhou and engage in technical, administrative or other professional services;

2) foreign specialists who are employed or invited to engage in technical or administrative work in or for higher governmental bodies, departments of economic administration, industrial and commercial enterprises, infrastructure projects, scientific research institutions, agricultural, medical and pharmaceutical or public health institutions, or financial or banking institutions in Guangzhou; or

3) foreign teachers or specialists who are employed or invited to work in or for higher education institutions, establishments for publicity and publishing, cultural and artistic affairs, public health or sports in Guangzhou.

Article 4

Foreign experts working in Guangzhou may be conferred the Guangzhou Friendship Awards provided that the said foreign experts:

1) having played an active part in passing on new technologies, new techniques or new methods and solved major problems or fill in certain gaps in respect of technology or administration for Guangzhou, which generated remarkable economic or social benefits and effects;

2) having participated in the establishment or improvement of operation and administration systems for enterprises in Guangzhou, which led to remarkable increase in production and operation effects;

3) having made prominent contributions to the completion, commencement of operation, actual operation and/or management of construction projects in Guangzhou;

4) having made significant suggestions for technical improvements or technological breakthroughs for enterprises in Guangzhou, which generated remarkable economic effects and benefits; or

5) having played an active part in training professionals, donated to Guangzhou valuable instruments or equipment or books and other written materials, or made prominent contributions to Guangzhou’s educational cause, scientific researches, publishing undertakings, or overseas-oriented publicity.

Article 5

The application for the Guangzhou Friendship Awards shall be initiated by the employing (inviting) institutions or the institutions undertaking the projects concerned. The aforesaid institutions are to fill in two copies of the Application Form for the Guangzhou Friendship Awards and submit them to the people’s governments at the district or county level or institutions directly affiliated to the Municipal Government for consent and signature. The application is then collected at the Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of Guangzhou Municipality for preliminary examination and consent. The application is to be further examined by the Municipal Leading Team for Importing Foreign Intellectual Resources before it is approved by the Municipal Government.

Article 6

Successful foreign expert candidates will be conferred Certificate of the Guangzhou Friendship Awards and souvenirs.

Article 7

The news reporting of successful foreign expert candidates shall comply with relevant stipulations of confidentiality, with a view to protecting the security and interests of the foreign experts concerned. Where the identity and deeds of the concerned foreign experts must be kept secret to the general public, no news reporting shall be made thereof publicly; where the deeds thereof may be reported publicly, the prior consent of relevant institutions and the foreign experts themselves shall be obtained, and the news reports shall be examined by the Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of Guangzhou Municipality before publication.

Article 8

Foreign experts who have been granted the title of Guangzhou Honorary Citizen can be conferred the Guangzhou Friendship Awards concurrently provided that one of the conditions prescribed in Article 3 herein is satisfied.

Article 9

These Measures may apply to people with foreign governmental or non-governmental institutions who have made prominent contributions to the importing of foreign intellectual resources into Guangzhou and other overseas Chinese experts and experts from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan who are employed or invited to work in Guangzhou.

Article 10

These Measures shall come into effect as of the date of printing and issuance.